I just got through watching GoodFellas again, and there’s one thing that bothers me: the music. The soundtrack is highly acclaimed, and I have no quibble with the song choices themselves. But I am bugged by the fact that they tend to bear little or no connection to the year a particular scene takes place. [...]

That’s it for the Oscar blogging. Good night.

Norman Corwin… Norman Corwin… where have –
oh, Norman Corwin.

Lauren Bacall… sorry if I’m being insensitive, but yikes…

That make-up guy deserves a kick in the nuts for taking up all the speech time. Hi, TWO of you won.

I really like that giant curved display over the stage.
Oh, a letterboxed commercial on the HD feed. WHY would you not have an HD version of a commercial, but then letterbox it? Do you realize how much screen real estate you’re wasting? ANOTHER ONE???

Good for John Canemaker (who can be seen narrating the 1975 documentary “The Boys from Termite Terrace” on the first Looney Tunes box set), and way to take a shot at CGI.
(Eli Wallach is still alive?)